spirit of nitred
spirit-manned

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spirit of nitred adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard a corrosive liquid as a reasonable restorative. spirit of salted adj. Having drunk enough to find hydrochloric acid a plausible household beverage. Carter-jae was spirit of salted and praised the pantry bottle for its dryness.
spirit of the lawed adj. You have drunk enough to interpret every rule according to the justice it might have intended. Lucuis was spirit of the lawed and waived the queue on compassionate grounds. spirit of turpentined adj. You are drunk and volatile enough to seem best kept away from polished surfaces. spirit of vitrioled adj. Of a drinker: chemically severe in conversation, though chiefly composed of lager. Ebbie was spirit of vitrioled and reduced every friendly suggestion to an acid remark. spirit of wined adj. Of a drinker who has distilled the evening down to its strongest and least advisable part. spirit pathed adj. Describing a drinker who proceeds along the route reserved for the dead, if somewhat slowly. spirit photographied adj. A drinker who appears in several places at once, chiefly through poor recollection. spirit roaded adj. A drinker so far gone that the way home has acquired ceremonial importance. spirit tableted adj. The state of being drunk and memorialised before the evening has properly ended. Tine was spirit tableted, his name already associated with the broken lamp. spirit trumpeted adj. The condition of a drinker who speaks through a cone, whether or not a séance is taking place. spirit vinegared adj. The drunkenness of one who has become strong, sour and difficult to pour away. spirit wayed adj. Reduced by drink to proceeding towards the house with unnecessary ceremonial grandeur. spirit weeked adj. Softened by drink into wearing themed clothing for no immediately recoverable reason. spirit worlded adj. Drunk by closing time, and liable to mistake the stairwell for an entrance to somewhere else. Anyae was spirit worlded, gripping the banister and asking which landing led home.
spirit-manned adj. Drunk on the strength of an unseen companion whose advice is accepted without question. Bobby-ray grew spirit-manned and consulted the empty seat before ordering pudding.